Lisa Kirbie’s open letter to Shawn Jeffords at the Sun
His email is shawn.jeffords@sunmedia.ca. Write to him, and tell him about what you think about this kind of Pulitzer-winning journalism! “Dear Shawn: I understand you are claiming you have been…
Musings
We get letters: another nice person writes in
From Danny Paolini, at djpaolini@hotmail.com: Warren, How in Gods forsaken name can you comment on something you have no idea what you’re talking about??? How would you like your wife…
We get letters: a friend of Israel writes
From astreeter@primus.ca 8:18 AM Are you blind as well as dumb, Kinsella? 66 years of oppression….demolitions, butchery and incarcerations; continuing settlements on stolen land. Read some history, you fucking idiot!…
Olivia on the front page of 24 again
Love the kids in the background.
In Tuesday’s Sun: Fogeled
It’s all happened before. Israel has made airstrikes against terrorists before, and it has sent troops into Gaza before, as well. The reason it has done so, now as before,…
John Tory is against banning handguns – and Rob Ford hangs out with people who cary them
In my line of work, that’s what you call a “wedge.” That is, it is something only you can say (e.g., I’m against handguns), and it clearly distinguishes you from…
No notes. No tapes. Nothing.
Oh, and he’s in his nineties, and he has an established bias. But, by all means, let’s run his story around the world without asking for, you know, proof.
My buddy Dan Fox for ward 24
He is an amazing guy and will be an amazing representative for this city. Support him if you can. More here. .
Monte Melnick, the Ramones’ legendary tour manager, writes about Tommy
Received in comments this morning. Condolences about his (and our) loss: Tommy was my dearest and oldest friend. We grew up together in Forest Hills Queens New York. I went…
Captain Awkward rallies the troop(s)
John Tory gets up close and personal with his many many volunteers. Not. .
Tommy Ramone, RIP
I woke up to the bad news, and I immediately felt like going back to sleep for good. I tell ya: if there ever was news that I am going…
In Friday’s Sun: fair comment about Tony et al.
The last time I spoke with Tony Ianno – and, for all practical purposes, the first time, too – was in a downtown Toronto food court. It didn’t go well.…
Warren strikes a pose, loses all dignity on the dock
Photo by Lala. She dumped me two seconds after she took it. .
Tory gets you Ford
Once again: John Tory apparently believes that everyone has forgotten who Rob Ford’s head cheerleader was for the past four years: namely, him. By demanding Ford’s resignation, Tory (and this…
An oldie but a goodie: everything you need to know about Tory’s campaign boss Kouvalis
Because the media are in the shorthand business – and because social media renders everything bite-sized and/or stupid – some people have taken to comparing me to John Tory’s campaign…
In Tuesday’s Sun: call in sick and win!
In the Summertime, a young politician’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of…no legislative sittings, and a concurrent growth in popularity! Yes, yes, we know. That is a terrible, awful bastardization…
Help needed
Hoping to do a column about the correlation between a government”s popularity and the sitting of the relevant legislature – that is, governments go up when the Leg isn’t on…
Where the Christian Right is strong
Here. Wish we had a similar map for Canada. Anyone? .
Who says federal politics is boring?
Wow. My tiny by-election post, way down at the bottom of this page, has attracted nearly 200 comments. That almost ranks up there with the still-legendary Kraft Dinner post!! Related:…